Man, I see in Fight Club the strongest and smartest men who've ever lived. I see all this potential, and I see it squandered. God damn it, an entire generation pumping gas, waiting tables; slaves with white collars. Working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don't need. Our Great Depression is our lives. We've been raised on television to believe that one day we'd all be millionaires. But we won't. And we're slowly learning that fact. And we're very, very pissed off.

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Monday, March 26, 2007

Real moms take their kids to freezing cold beaches in the middle of winter.

And then real moms take real dads on vacation without their kids and swim in the ocean as the sun sets in foreign places. Real moms know we are only as good to our babies as we are to ourselves.

In other news, Neen emails me the other day and asks if I want to meet her at Blogher in July. I thought about it for about 2 minutes and decided, uh, yeah, I do. I mean, Jess is going. And I hear Bad is going too. And a heck of a lot of others. And others should come too, like you, KC.

So Neen, hell yes, I want to take a few days off and fly sans diaper bag to Chicago and shack up in a hotel room with you for two nights. If we are really terribly lucky, maybe we'll get Jess drunk and she'll pass out in our hotel room and we can take pictures of her in a stupor and use it to blackmail her later. You know, for free stuff. Like CD mixes. We can hold the pictures ransom until she makes us a CD mix. Or cupcakes. I like cupcakes.

In all seriousness, the other reason I am so interested in going is the focus on building community and effecting social change at this year's conference. Given the Just Posts and my passion for the underrepresented, I am excited to be able to see what more our own blogging community can accomplish. Sky's the limit, friends.

So between stalking Jess and collaborating on community as a vessel for social change, anything is possible for real women in Chicago in July.

EDITED TO SAY: Here I am trying to be funny, and it came across as exclusionary. Wasn't where I was focused when I wrote it and am sorry if that is how it was perceived. Humor aside, I am excited to have another way to get with a group of women from all over the place and talk about possibilities.

You are too funny! I had to reread your post because I couldn't figure out what you were referring to about being exclusive. Still can't! (you worry too much darling, everyone knows how cool you are and would never come off that way!)

In a way, I'd like to go. But mostly I wouldn't - I suspect I'm a bit shyer than I think I am, here in the comfort of my house, and I also think that people would find the Real Me a bit disappointing. And a bit drunk because THERE ARE NO KIDS THERE.

The second one...too true. My pace of life recently has been errrrr not conducive to best mommying.

And as for the Blogher thing. Well, I confess, I've been slightly gaggy today with all the effusive link love fests and giddy hookup posts, but it's probably all sour grapes b/c I can't go. LOL at me. You're so sweet to worry about how it came across. In all truth, it was the least "elitist" and "exclusionary." ;)

I'll just suck it up for the next few months like last year. ;)

All kidding aside, that sounds fabulous for you. You go and enjoy and do all that good. Sounds GREAT! I can't wait to hear about it.

you and M are gorgeous! I suppose (perhaps arrogantly) that if I ever have anything socially relevant to say again I might get to drag my single ass up for a thinking weekend of jubilation among like minded women. Don't mind me, I'm still licking my wounds from having been uninvited on a trip to Bermuda... it smarts!

I love that picture of the two of you. Cool as cool can get. And so much love there you don't even notice the cold.

Man, I was thinking "no way" to blogher (you know how I feel about conferences and the like, medical or otherwise) but reading this makes me think, "hmmm...maybe." Just the thought of meeting you gets me all excited and then you mentioned something about cupcakes.

you and M are GORGEOUS. I am toying with the idea of going, Jess even said she'd talk to me! (Here in lies the biggest of my insecurities- that no one will hang out with me and I will wander the halls of blogher, alone, and sad. Perhaps I should write scripts for obscure bergman like films?)

About Me

The story of a free-spirited woman who after much living had a baby and until recently was in charge of a non profit that helped to get people off the streets.
But I've left it all behind to move to the jungle and figure out a way to live more sustainably while seeing more of the world.
It took us five years and we still aren't quite sure what we are doing but we are doing it anyways.